Restaurant reviews, recipes, columns and food stories from across India
My first encounter with this twenty-four- year-old icon was a few years ago in Chennai, and I remember enjoying everything that I had there. Each item on the menu was cooked in its own distinct spices and style, and the food at Dakshin became the yardstick of authenticity for me. So when we visit…
The nascent Indian restaurant industry, spurred by economic development and a growing middle class, it is on the precipice of sudden and rapid expansion! The industry is worth over 75,000 crores growing at 7% annually. Of 1.5 million restaurant outlets, only 3,000 is organized. The organized sect…
Hokey Pokey ice creams is offering an exciting deal for all ice-cream lovers and friends on August 4th, this coming friendships day at select outlets. Offer- Buy 2 Creations and Get the 3rd Free. Locations – Select outlets at Kandivali(East), Malad(West) and Phoenix Market City Kurla(West) Date–…
~ Starting on August 5th 2013, the food festival will take place till August 25, 2013~ August 3rd, 2013, New Delhi: Here is good news for the food lovers of the National Capital Region. Rosang Café & Store, a restaurant for authentic traditional North-Eastern cuisines, is organizing Nagaland Food…
A wonderful opportunity to experience authentic Kerala food presented itself in the suburbs of Mumbai. The Keys (business) hotel celebrated the flavors and colors of Kerala for 10 days through the 28th of July. The Keys Café, next to the lobby on the ground floor, was artfully decorated with flow…
“If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die…” If “music” were to be replaced by “Dimsum” I would have been compelled to share Duke Orsino’s sentiment in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”, at last week’s Chef’s Table menu of Dimsu…
I wasn’t expecting much from a restaurant located in Sapphire mall, Gurgaon. And rightly so, the mall that is located in a narrow road facing Orchid Petals apartment with no inside parking facility (as yet) and in case you plan to take escalators instead of a lift, you will have to roam around th…
Very rarely do you get to see a drop- Jaw reaction at the mention of a peculiar food preparation. Milk sambar is just one of them. Sambar made of Milk? Is the first reaction. Doesn’t it curdle? I get immense pleasure in shaking my head confidently. And an added delight of more drop- Jaw dropping…
Last week saw me marvelling at how attractive and appetizing can mere vegetables be made to look and taste in the hands of a magician. The magic is even more awesome when the restaurant in question boasts of French cuisine. La Riviera at the Pullman’s, Gurgaon has introduced a new vegetarian menu…
Rice is a word that conjures happy thoughts. It is the most important grain with regard to human nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by the humans. There are many varieties of rice and culinary preferences tend to vary regionally. In the…
[Rated: 3.0/5] Kitchen Central has noble ambitions – “to put yummy in your tummy”. This home ‘fine dining’ service provides a choice of Indian, Chinese, Italian, and Thai food to its customers. At their request Pawan, Sumit and I plan to sample out a cross section of their dishes. So we suggest t…
[Rated: 4.0/5] There are not many restaurants that can beat the rustic appeal of a good road side joint, especially when it comes to replicating their flavors. Star hotels are miles apart here. Hence my take on the good North Indian food is simple – Dhabas are for food, and star hotels are for am…
